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A female electric eel on display at the New England Aquarium, Boston Massachusetts.

Native to the Amazon basin, the electric eel is not a true eel, but a type of true fish.
Using a series of bio-sensing organs all along it's body, this apex predator can generate electric shocks of up to 600 volts for hunting and self-defense.
In spite of a fearsome reputation, the electric eel can be quite gentle. Biologists have been reported swimming unaided with the animal in the wild. As long as they were careful not to disturb the animal, they could swim within feet of it and not feel so much as a shock.
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*quaddie Dec 5, 2012
Thats just a shocking shot!....
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=SilverVulpine Dec 5, 2012  Hobbyist Photographer
... I see what you did there. ;)
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*quaddie Jan 23, 2013
:D
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*andrekosslick Oct 19, 2012  Hobbyist Digital Artist
Energy out of the aquarium,what a ecologic thing.
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=SilverVulpine Oct 19, 2012  Hobbyist Photographer
They actually do have a power meter to show when the eel is using it's energy. :D
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=KabukiKatze Oct 18, 2012
I had no idea eels were so dramatically colored. I always assumed they were grey. That orange underbelly is quite the surprise!
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=SilverVulpine Oct 18, 2012  Hobbyist Photographer
The electric eel specifically (which isn't even technically an eel. ;)) does have this pretty cool color scheme. :)
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Mood: Love ~Toash Oct 17, 2012
mmmmmmmm . should I go for 230 or 110?
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=SilverVulpine Oct 17, 2012  Hobbyist Photographer
Whatever makes you happy. :D
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Mood: Fear ~Toash Oct 17, 2012
In that case dear fish, give me 230. I'm used to that, I don't like surprises.
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